U.S History Minority Rights

U.S History Minority Rights SWBS Chart and Reflection The "Somebody-Wanted-But-So" chart is an excellent way to summarize important information from history. In it, you identify a person or group of people, their goal, need, or want, what conflict of interest stood in the way, and the outcome. This strategy works great because history depends on the needs, wants, and actions of humans. SWBS Chart Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... Women The same rights men received and to be treated equal without discrimination. They also wanted to be able to work for equal pay and not be stuck as house wives. There were laws that allowed women to earn sixty cents for every dollar a man made for the same work. Working women were portrayed as foolish by t.v and media. Women weren’t given the same rights as men. It was allowed for women to be discriminated against. Women took part in marches in DC to gain equal rights. The feminist movement and Women’s Liberation fought through laws and availability of social services. Kennedy signed executive order that aimed at prohibiting discrimination based on gender. The 1963 pay act required equal pay for men and women. President Johnson issued an executive order to enforce the section of the Civil Rights act pertaining to women and employment. The National Organization for Women was formed to force the government to enforce the employment section of the Civil Rights SWBS Chart Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... Act. NOW was able to get congress to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Famous Tennis player Billie Jean King challenged male opponent in Tennis and won in order to gain respect for women’s sports. Native Americans Their own lands with their land rights, without being relocated. Congress passed laws that ended the status of Native Americans as wards of the US meaning they weren’t under nations special protection but were citizens. Congress also passed a law that required an end to the reservation system and special services to Native American Tribes. States were allowed to take/sell lands without tribal consent. Congress relocated Native Americans. Native Americans suffered much higher death rates than the whites as they were living in unsanitary areas without solid food or shelter. Native Americans occupied property they argued was theirs by law and treaty. Native Americans formed a group that opposed the relocation program describing it as an attempt to kill off their people. They seeked legal means to prevent the taking of their lands and their land rights. The American Indian Movement led the Trail of Broken Treaties ending with the occupation Bureau of Indian Affairs to bring attention to their cause. These efforts caught congresses attention leading to laws protecting Native Americans rights in education, health SWBS Chart Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... care, and child custody rules. The supreme court decision Menominee Tribe V. US ruled that states couldn’t take Native Americans rights to hunt and fish on lands they received through past treaty agreements. Native Americans tested this ruling through demonstrations, marches, “fish-ins”. They took over Alcatraz Island and argued the land was theirs according to a treaty signed by Abraham Lincoln stating Native Americans could reclaim lands that the US government had abandon, the US government cut off all power to the island and removed those who refused to leave. Hispanic Americans To work in the United States and succeed. Mexican Americans lacked representatives in government making them unlikely to earn a high school diploma. Hispanics suffered unemployment rates twice that of whites. Hispanic Americans used strikes and boycotts to protest working conditions and low pay. Cesar Chavez organized farm workers to demand SWBS Chart Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... Hispanics lacked access to better school’s sanitation, police protection, and skilled jobs. Both legal and illegal immigrants were underpaid by United States businesses. better pay and enforcement of California Labor laws. Workers striked in the Grape industry walking out on growers and boycotting grape products produced in the region. Chavez led a march from Delano California to Sacramento. The United Farm Workers signed contracts with different companies to better working conditions for various groups of workers across the country. Part 2 – Answer the following questions in a complete paragraph of your own words. What advances did the Women's Rights Movement make in the 1960s and 1970s? How was the movement similar to those of the Mexican Americans and Native Americans? The Women’s Right Movement had marched in DC for equal rights. They formed movements and organizations to get their voices heard which resulted in Congress taking action leading to women having equal rights to men. This is like both the Mexican Americans and Native Americans movements to gain minority rights. All three groups were minorities and were treated unequal. Native American occupied lands that they claimed were theirs in an action of protest which also led to the government treating them like equals. Lastly Hispanic Americans used strikes and boycotts to protest working conditions and low pay this led to contracts signed for better working conditions. All three minority groups had to take actions of protest to get the attention of the congress to grant them equal rights as they were all citizens of the United States. They all used strategies similar to those of the civil rights movement.